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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Liz asked if I would paint a portrait of her three kids and their dog Max as a surprise Christmas present for her husband. I finished it on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day I received an email from her which read "I love it!!!!! It is my husband's favorite present!" There is no better compliment than that!

Friday, December 21, 2012

My friend Robbyn commissioned me to paint this painting of her son and his dog to give to her husband Dave as a Christmas present.

And then for a fun surprise, she brought him to the gallery and asked if I would pretend I was painting it as he came in. Took him at least 10 minutes to notice it, then he said "hey that looks like...it IS Denis." It was very funny. Here he is posing with his present (and me with my eyes closed)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

It has been a busy holiday season for sales and commissions. While I can't show all of the paintings here just yet (for fear of spoiling Christmas surprises!) I can share that this Boston scene SOLD at The Red Inn.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

I think this is so cool. A college student at the Wentworth Institute of Technology wrote me yesterday to ask permission to use an image of my Newbury street painting as a cover concept for their project's portfolio (their project involved developing a site on Newbury Street in Boston). And the image she wants to use is the partially completed one. What a great idea!

Friday, November 30, 2012

I recently gave a palette knife painting demo for the Taunton Art Association. I saw this beautiful holiday arrangement at our local grocery store and decided to make it my subject for the night. It had so many wonderful textures and colors that I knew it would be great to showcase a variety of palette knife techniques. The group was very fun and asked a lot of questions and I think a few converts will be trying palette knife painting for themselves in the near future. Success!

Here is a nice write up that they put in their newsletter before the demo.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

This is another commission of The Red Inn completed as a wedding gift for a lucky couple who got married there in October. Some friends of theirs saw the SOLD painting at the inn during the wedding and wanted to commission another one as a gift for their friends.

I was able to complete the painting while working at The Art Gallery at Patriot Place a few weekends ago. Below is a photo I took after it was completed. You can get a better sense of the size and scale of the painting in this image.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The last in the series of commissioned "Sisters Wedding Paintings" and this one involved more than just the bride and groom as you can see. A challenge and yet very fun. All of these children are students of the bride who teaches theraputic horseback riding. The photo she sent me had a wonderful light coming down on them that I tried to capture in the painting. And the original photo did not include the groom. I had to add him by using a full length image of him from another photo.

A special Christmas gift from her sisters!

And, as usual, I wanted to show you how I started the painting, using the red/orange underpainting in acrylic.

If you want to see the other sisters paintings, click on these links. The first one was in Mexico, and the second was in Maine.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

I was learning some new effects in InDesign from Mike Rankin on lynda.com and created this graphic to help celebrate reaching 200 followers on my blog. Welcome everyone and I hope you continue to enjoy reading this blog and taking a look at my latest paintings.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Another Red Inn commission but this one is the view from the sea for another lucky couple getting married there soon. Hopefully Hurricane Sandy didn't rearrange things too much this past weekend. Yikes-what a storm!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

I painted this while working at the Artists Studio and Gallery this past weekend. It was a steady crowd both Saturday and Sunday due to a UMass college football game, a New England Revolution soccer game, and a Patriot's game. Also a wedding, a bar mitzvah and a high school reunion I heard. It's nice to see Patriots' Place so full of activity. And the weather was gorgeous to boot.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Look familiar? A couple who got married at The Red Inn saw the painting I had there with the SOLD sign on it and decided they wanted to commission one for themselves. This place is one popular spot to get married!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Update: I learned this past weekend that my painting won an honorable mention ribbon at the FAA show. How exciting!

Summer Tans, 1950

Oil with a palette knife on cradled artist board

18" x 18" x 1.5"SOLD

I was able to complete this painting while working on The Artist's Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place this past weekend. It felt really good to get back to painting people again. I love this size. You can really get in there with the knife and sculpt away at the faces. I have entered this painting into the fall members' show of the Foxboro Art Association which starts this weekend.

And as I often like to do, here is a photo partially completed after the first day.As you can see I used the red/orange acrylic underpainting again and taped the edges so I could add the photo border and date later.

I need to go hunt down some more photos like this to paint. If anyone has any old photos that they would be willing to let me paint, send my way. I am particularly interested in photos taken in the summer from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Last weekend we participated in The Art and Garden Show at a wonderful place in Rehobeth Massachusetts called Country Gardens. Above is a group photo taken of all the participating artists and below are a few shots taken before the crowds filled the tent. Everyone came out on this beautiful day to enjoy the gardens and the art.

Friday, September 14, 2012

A few years ago I did a painting called Destination Wedding. A nice sister commissioned it as a present for her sister from her wedding in Mexico. Recently, the happy sister contacted me and wanted to return the favor by having a painting commissioned of that sister's recent wedding in Maine. From the photos she sent me, it looked like they had fabulous weather, spectacular views, and a beautiful wedding.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

I am getting ready for a September art show at the Red Inn. This is my latest of the series of larger paintings focusing on beautiful scenes in Provincetown.

Below you can see how I sketched the scene out in orange/red acrylic paint first, and ended up painting the right side in the first day and the left side on the second day. That wasn't intentional but it's interesting that it worked out that way.

If you find yourself in Provincetown between September 16 and October 5, stop in and see the show!

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A BIT ABOUT ME

is an award winning artist who paints exclusively with a palette knife. She holds a fine art degree and has worked as a professional graphic designer for many years. She began painting in oil again after taking a palette knife workshop through the Copley Society of Art in Boston and was immediately hooked. The thick, painterly, yet highly detailed strokes of color are trademarks of her style.